The Ski Country Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Colorado Corporation, based in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Club covers a large portion of western Colorado, including Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties.

MARK THESE DATES . . .

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 CLUB MEETING
Our first club meeting of 2012 . . . click here for more information, including our agenda.

WEEKLY TUESDAY BREAKFAST
Join us every Tuesday morning for breakfast at 8:00 a.m. at the Village Inn located at 102 West 6th Street in Glenwood Springs. Look for the group having the most fun! Click on Upcoming Events for more details.

WEEKLY SUNDAY NET WITH ARRL NEWSLINE
Every Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m. local time. Click on Upcoming Events for more details.

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG . . .

Pete (N0ECT) set up a blog for our Club at http://K0RV.Wordpress.com This is a great place to view and to post pictures, photos, articles, videos, whatever! To post content please contact Pete Buckley at SkierInAvon@Yahoo.com

NEWS FROM OUR CLUB . . .

CONGRATULATIONS TO BROCK (N0TAT) . . .
for FIRST PLACE in the CW Rookie Roundup (0-Call Area)

CQWW CW 2011 CONTEST RESULTS
Click here for details. Once the link opens, be sure to check out the Photo Album link, among others. Thanks to Phil (N0KE) for attending the contest and providing the link. Quite a few of our members worked PJ2T in the contest. Phil was there on Thanksgiving weekend, the only one from Colorado.

THANK YOU TO BOB & SUE
MANY THANKS to Bob & Sue Ludtke for hosting our annual holiday get together; their house has been "party central" for years and it was certainly the place to be on December 17. The turnout was huge, food was plentiful and delicious and everyone had a terrific time.

DUES ARE DUE
Our Club dues run January 1 – December 31. Please give Larry (K0CL) a check at a Club meeting or click here for the membership form and mail it with a check to the address shown at the bottom of the form.

FOR LOAN OR SALE
New postings as of December 12 - check them out!

GOT MANUALS?
We like to keep Technician, General or Extra Class license manuals in circulation. Bob (k9mwm) constantly gets requests for them and it is nice to hand one out rather than have someone wait or procrastinate in ordering one. Please donate recent manuals to Bob (k9mwm).

CLUB HAPPENINGS . . .

CONGRATULATIONS
Billy Carr from  Blue Lake passed his Tech exam.

ET PHONE HOME
Bob (KI0G) holds a VHF/UHF hand-held antenna for contacting the space station or satellites.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HAMS WHO TESTED DURING FIELD DAY
Wyatt (son of Bill-N0MID), Pete (new Tech from Avon), and Richard (upgraded to General) all passed their tests. Thanks to Volunteer Examiners Fred and the 2 Bobs.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE
He passed his Tech test at the July breakfast.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DOROTHY (KD0LSG)
She upgraded to the General Class license on April 23, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS TO LEROY (KB0RCI)
He upgraded to the General Class license on April 4, 2011.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BROCK (N0TAT)
He upgraded to the General Class license on March 15, 2011.

CONGRATULATIONS TO RUSS (KD0NWT) AND PETER (KB3VSS)
They passed their Technician Class test on March 12, 2011.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ROBERT (KD0JLN)
He upgraded to the General Class license on March 8, 2011.

NOW THIS IS IMPRESSIVE!
Congratulations to Charles (AC0UY) and Gary (AC0UZ) for passing their Extra Class exam. In just a little over 2 months they went from non-hams to extra class . . . WOW! You guys rock! Pictured above are VE Examiners Phil (N0KE), Bob (K9MWM), Lyle (K0IV), along with Charles and Gary. 

THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED AT THE OWL CREEK CHASE (and modeled new vests!)
     Sue (N0DBY) would like to thank all the volunteers for the Owl Creek Chase. Bill (N0MID) and Steve (W0SRG) provided setup and tear down of the net control station at the Aspen Valley Ski Club building in addition to their duties on the course. Thanks to Gerry (N6HUQ), Stan (KR7C), LeRoy (KB0RCI), Clark (K3NI), Debbie (KD0IRH), and Bob (K9MWM).
     This year there were 275+ cross country racers primarily from the western U.S. Many college ski teams were in attendance. All the Olympians were in training in Norway. The course record was shattered with a time under one hour for the 21 Km course! Several local Jr. racers did the course in the hour and a half time frame.

Check out the new Ski Country ARC vests in the pictures. Sue customized each vest with the club name and event in the rear pocket and the name, call, and event in the front pocket. Pretty neat. We will purchase a few more to cover the larger number of volunteers needed in the Ride for the Cure. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLES & GARY - NEW GENERAL CLASS UPGRADES!
Pictured are Charles (KD0NIB) and Gary (KD0NIC) along with Volunteer Examiners Bob (K9MWM), Bryan (N0THY) and Lyle (K0IV).

CONGRATULATIONS TO TOMMY - NEW GENERAL CLASS UPGRADE!
Pictured are VE Bob (K9MWM), Tommy (KB3QBT), VE Lyle (K0IV), and VE Phil (N0KE) having fun at our Tuesday morning breakfast at the Village Inn. Note: VE is Volunteer Examiner.

THANK YOU, BRYAN
Many thanks to Bryan Frank (N0THY), our guest speaker at the January 29 club meeting. Standing in the picture, Bryan is discussing his topic, "Experimentation and Experiences with Weather Satellites."

WOW - CONTINUOUS COVERAGE FROM VAIL TO GJ . . . AND IRAQ?
     Another project (continuous repeater coverage from the Eisenhower Tunnel to Grand Junction) is moving forward. Several club members will be building and installing equipment to provide a linked repeater, IRLP, and Echolink system. This will both improve our coverage between Vail, Glenwood, and Grand Junction and give outside hams world-wide (or locals when we travel) easier access our system.
     Larry (K0CL) delivered equipment from Andre (N0SWE) and Frank (N0AFO) to Ted (KE0TY) who will be building dual IRLP/Echolink boxes to establish these links. To give you some idea about the capability a few weekends ago Tracy (K0VQ) was able to chat with one of his friends on duty in Iraq!
    There will need to be further discussion on how users would like the system to work and interface in general; i.e. who is connected to the system and at what times. Thanks again to all who are working on this project. Written by Bob (K9MWM)

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